Bullitt":2p3n2vzw said:
Son of Butch":2p3n2vzw said:
Bullitt":2p3n2vzw said:
If I had a bunch of dairy cows, I might put a Charolais bull on them.
Poor choice for a dairy herd, getting dairy cows off to a fast start milking makes money and you can lower milk
production by a couple thousand pounds per cow per year with calving problems.
We discussed not long ago how a big company was breeding its Jersey cows to Simmental bulls and selling the calves for beef. Would a Charolais bull be much different?
Actually it's limousine x jersey and calves contract to affiliated feedlot, so market pre sold as they want limo not
simmi or charolais.
Straight jersey bull calves are worth about $10 and jersey dairy herds were doing it to capture value on otherwise
worthless calves. Jersey do calve easier than holstiens, but majority of dairy cows are holstiens.
Saying dairy cows makes me assume holstiens.
Bottom line: If you have a bunch of dairy cows = you want to be a dairy farmer seeking to add value to bull calves.
Straight dairy cows are the worst beef cows.
p.s.
The Big company owns both the large dairy farm/s and the feedlot/s with packer contracts in place and is also
the largest limo breeder in the usa. (Vertical integration)